Oil-gas apparatus



E. CAMERQN June 14, 1927.

OIL GAS APPARATUS Filed April 4, 1925 iNVENTElE- talented June 14, 1927.

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EDWARD CAMERON, or new YORK, N. Y.

OIL-GAS APPARATUS.

' Applic ationfiled April 4, 1925. Serial 1%. 20,270.

l attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter describedand illus trated in the accompanying drawings. in which Fig. l. is aside elevation of my improved apparatus, the casing being shown insection;

2 a plan View of my improved apparatus, the casin being removed;

Fig. 3 a vertical section through one oi the horizontal sections; and

Fig. l a detail in vertical section illustrating the joint between thevertical sections.

1 is a metal casing, which is preferably provided with a lining 2 ofrefractory ma- 39 terial. Within this casing is provided my improved gasgenerating apparatus, which apparatus comprises a plurality ofsuperimposed generating sections 3, each of which has arranged thereinin a horizontal plane a circuitous passage. Each section is provided atits upper side with a projection 4: and at its lower side with aprojection 5 through which the inlet for said passage is formed so thatwhen the parts are in position the main part of each section will bespaced from the main parts of the section above and the section below.The sections 3 may be secured together in any convenient manner such asby threading the inlets and outlets and screwing therein apipe nipple,but- 1 preferably taper the sides of the inlets and outlets as will beseen particularly in Fig. 4, and provide a sleeve 6 between each twosections. These sleeves have their greatest diameter at a pointsubstantially midway between their ends and are gradu ally reduced indiameter towards each end, the taper corresponding to the taper of theinlet and outlet openings. It will thus be seen that the weight of theparts is depended upon to keep the parts together.

Surrounding the sections 3 are a number of vertically arranged gasgenerating tubes or sections 7, t-heoil vapor and steam mix ture beingled from the upper section 3 to the upper end ot' the first section 7.These tubes or sections '7 are alternately connected at-their upper andlower ends by lJ-bends so that the mixture is given a continuous upsnail down travel until the last section 7 reached, which last sectionis connected with a pipe 8 which leads off the gas through the casing lto any suitable gas holder (not shown) lit The connections between thelower ends of the sections 7 form traps for the collection ofmr-iterialin the oil which is not rear ily converted into gas and forthe collection or": dirt, and in order that this inaterialmay be removedas desired, 1 provide each of the lower connections between the.sections 7 with an outlet to which is connected. a pipe 9 by means ofwhich the undesirable constituents may be led off as may be necessary.

Any suitable burn r, such as 10, may be used for heating the sections 3and 7 to generate the and after the apparatus has been in operation "fora su'liicient time, this burner may be supplied with gas from thegasholder to which the pipe 8 is connected. I

The number of sections 3 and 7 used will depend largely on the characterof the. oil which is to be converted into gas.

The operation of the apparatus is as fol lows. Oil is fed into thelowermost section 3 through the pipe 11 together with acertain amount ofwater, which oil and water, as soon as vaporized under the action of theheat from the burner 10, travel upwardly through the upper sections 3and then through thevertical tubes 7, becoming thoroughly mixed duringsaid travel and suffi ciently heated to form oil gas.

From the above description it will be seen that I have devised apparatuswhich will satisfactorily attain the object of my invention as set outin the preamble of this spec-ification.

lVhat I claim is:

1. In oil gas making apparatus, the combination of a series ofsuperimposed gas generator sections, each having a substantiallyhorizontally arranged passage formed therein for the passage of fluid,the outlet of one section being in communication with the inlet of thesection above it whereby fluid may flow through said sections in series;the lowermost section having a fluid inlet and the uppermost section afluid outlet; a series of vertically arranged gas generator sectionssurrounding the first mentioned series of sections, said verticallyarranged generating sections being connected alternately at their 7lower and upper ends; the first of said ver-.

tically arranged sections being in communication with the outlet of theupper horizon tal section; and means for heating said horizontal andvertical sections.

2. In oil gas making apparatus, the coin- Vbination ,ot a series, ofsuperimposed gas generator sections, each having a substantiallyhorizontally arranged passage formed therein for the passage of fluid,the outlet of one section being in communication with the inlet of thesection above it whereby fluid may flow through said sections in series;the lowermost section having a fluid inlet and the uppermost section afluid outlet; a series of vertically arranged gas generator sectionssurrounding the first mentioned series of sections, said verticallyartions; and means for withdrawing undesirable constituents from thelower ends of the vertically arranged sections.

3. In oil gas making apparatus, the combination of a series ofsuperimposed gas generator sections, each having a substantiallyhorizontally arranged passage formed therein for the passage of fluid,the outlet of one section being in communication with the inlet of thesection above itwhereby the fluid may flow through said sections inseries; the lowermost section having a fluid inlet and theuppermostsection a fluid outlet; a series of vertically arranged gas generatorsections surrounding the first mentioned series of sections, saidvertically arranged generating sections being connected alternately attheir lower and upper ends by U-bends; conduits leading from the U-bendsat the lower ends of the vertically arranged sections, said conduitsforming traps in which undesirable constituents in the fluid may becollected; the first of said vertically arranged sections being incommunication with the outlet of the uppor horlzont-al section; andmeans for heating said horizontal and vertical sectlons.

Signed at Port Chester, N. Y., this 14 day of March, 1925.

EDYVARD CAMERON.

